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Fiela's Child(1988)
Status: Released
Date: 1988-01-01
80%
2 Votes
Time: 1h 45m
Overview:
The acclaimed drama based on Dalene Matthee´s award-winning novel. "Fiela se Kind" (Fiela's Child) is the story of a white foundling boy that is raised by a brown family. But the childs life changes irrevocably when white census officials discover him living across the established borders of society, and he is removed from his foster parents. "This is the moving story about a close family being torn apart by the social convictions of the day. It is the story of a mother´s enduring love and hope to see her taken son again. Fiela is a down to earth woman farmer who does not let anyone step on her. She raised a white castaway child, Benjamin, and teaches him the simple things in life."
Languages: Afrikaans.
Countries:
South Africa
ProductionCompanies:
Sonneblom Films
Starcorp International Pictures
Movie: Fiela's Child
Top 10 Billed Cast
Shaleen Surtie-Richards
Fiela Komoetie
Lida Botha
Barta van Rooyen
Dawid Minnaar
Benjamin Sr
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Overview
The acclaimed drama based on Dalene Matthee´s award-winning novel. "Fiela se Kind" (Fiela's Child) is the story of a white foundling boy that is raised by a brown family. But the childs life changes irrevocably when white census officials discover him living across the established borders of society, and he is removed from his foster parents. "This is the moving story about a close family being torn apart by the social convictions of the day. It is the story of a mother´s enduring love and hope to see her taken son again. Fiela is a down to earth woman farmer who does not let anyone step on her. She raised a white castaway child, Benjamin, and teaches him the simple things in life."
Release Date
1988-01-01
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